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As mentioned above, players first encountered Pyramid Head in Silent Hill 2. The first time gamers see the creature, he’s just standing there at the end of a hallway…menacingly. Of course, Pyramid Head really makes his mark during an early cutscene in which players bump into the still-mysterious figure just as he is …ahem… violating two other monsters. Since players aren’t in control of the game’s main character, James Sunderland, at that time, Sunderland bolts into a closet and tries to shoot Pyramid Head. To his horror, and ours, the bullets have no effect. Actually, players don’t get the chance to kill Pyramid Head (and his twin) until the end of Silent Hill 2. Even then, the monster only dies because he decides to ram a rusty spear into his polyhedral head.

When asked how Pyramid Head can see through his helmet, Ito replied "How do other creatures in Silent Hill 2 see?" [141] As for the bugs, those legs feel a bit brittle, so take care. Some can stand on their hind legs; others not so much. They don’t really cling to things, so if you want them to swarm somebody, it’s a balancing act. Chairmen of the Cardboard Because gamers loved Pyramid Head so much, Konami turned him into the Silent Hill franchise’s mascot. Because of that new position, the company pushed to include Pyramid Head in as many properties as they could. When the Silent Hill movie was in production, those involved probably figured it would be best to include monsters from the franchise that most people would recognize, regardless of their familiarity with the franchise. Since Pyramid Head for the bill, he was a shoo-in (along with the Bubble-Head Nurses). When that film and rendition of Pyramid Head proved popular, Konami probably used that knowledge to push Silent Hill: Homecoming’s developers into including the creature in the game (as well as ask other developers to let Pyramid Head cameo in other titles). To put it bluntly, Konami kept cramming Pyramid Head down our throats, but since he had left such a positive impression in his first outing, audiences accepted it. The two Red Pyramid Things are wielding their other signature weapon during this fight, the Great Spear, and once they are defeated, they will each take their spear and thrust it through their head under their metal headgear, ridding James Sunderland of those nightmares once and for all.

a b González, Christina (August 28, 2007). "The Escapist: Seeing Red: The Repulsive Allure of Pyramid Head". The Escapist. Themis Group. p.2 . Retrieved August 4, 2010. Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc (September 21, 2001). Silent Hill 2 (PlayStation 2). Konami of America, Inc. James: You're not friends with that red pyramid thing, are you? / Eddie: Red pyramid thing? I don't know what yer talkin' about. Honest. Concelmo, Chad (December 4, 2009). "Top 50 Videogames of the Decade (#20–11)". Destructoid. modernmethod . Retrieved September 22, 2010. ... Silent Hill 2 is most memorable for its introduction of iconic videogame character Pyramid Head. There is a supernatural power that surrounds Silent Hill, Maine that has the ability to manifest elements of the unconscious mind. In the early history of the town, Native Americans used this to seemingly communicate with both nature and their dead relatives. Their land was eventually stolen from them by European settlers. [56] [57] [58] [59] Because of the town's power, a mysterious cult began to form that took control over much of its infrastructure. [60] One of the deities they worship is Valtiel, who serves as an angel of rebirth and a being close to God who has appeared in many forms throughout the town's history. The cult began performing ritualistic executions, wearing red hoods and an executioner's outfit modeled after him. [61] [62] [63] The aesthetic of the diorama goes the extra mile. It’s not just all decaying and water-damaged, but also sports graffiti and strange shadows. Though likely intended for a certain Turtle foursome, one might even suggest it could make anything creepy. Sewer Safety

Pyramid Head appears in the officially licensed [81] novel Silent Hill: Betrayal by Shaun M. Jooste, released in 2016. a b Gans, Christophe (March 15, 2006). "On Adapting Silent Hill Lore, The Red Pyramid, and Using "Centralia" as a Temp Film Title". Sony Pictures Digital Inc. Archived from the original on February 13, 2010 . Retrieved March 14, 2010. When Masahiro Ito was asked about the movie version taking influence from the Egyptian God of Death and about Gans having consulted Konami and Yamaoka on the project, he was bewildered. [159] He said on the matter, "Umm...they really misunderstood Pyramid Head... I designed that only for James." [160]Cheryl Mason and a version of Pyramid Head known as the Executioner appear with a Midwich Elementary School map in Dead by Daylight: Chapter XVI - Silent Hill. [83] In the Dead by Daylight universe, the Executioner is a sadistic monster obsessed with enacting punishment through pain, making him feared even among other creatures. When someone enters Silent Hill deserving of such punishment, he unleashes unrestrained penance onto them and then retreats into the shadows, resting until another sinner comes along. [84]

Double Helix Games (September 30, 2008). Silent Hill: Homecoming. Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. Level/area: Boogeyman ending. The Mannequins were designed by Masahiro Ito. They resemble the dolls by Polish/German artist Hans Bellmer. However, Ito stated that his inspiration came from monsters in traditional Japanese folklore, although he never specified which ones. [21] He added on social media, "If I had known his work, I wouldn't have [designed them like] that." [22] The Mannequins were only intended to appear in the cutscene where Pyramid Head abuses them, but were later integrated as an in-game enemy. [23] Trivia [ ] Pyramid Head's abuse of the monsters was made intentionally erotic by the development team. [112] As Sato explains, "Psychological horror has to shake human's heart deeply. Shaking people's heart deeply means uncover people's core emotion and their core motivation for life. Everybody is thinking and concerning about sex and death. Everything. If we want to scare, shake, or touch the users or spectators, then we have to think about sex and death deeply. To make like a death scene, somebody died or monsters died, we tried to mix erotic essence. This is kind of a visual and a core concept." [113] Pyramid Head's constant murder of a reincarnating Maria is also his attempt to wake James up from his delusion and force him to remember his past actions. [114] Pyramid Head kills himself because his purpose for existing has been finished. [115] The only thing that burns in Hell is the part of you that won't let go of life, your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away. But they're not punishing you. They're freeing your soul. If you're frightened of dying and... and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the earth. It's just a matter of how you look at it, that's all. Xu, Samantha (June 21, 2009). "The Escapist: Love Triangle". The Escapist. Themis Group. p.3 . Retrieved August 3, 2010.

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Revelation director M.J. Bassett said of the character, "one of the big things is that people compaling that Red Pyramid belongs in game number two. But he was in the first film, so I couldn’t just ignore this amazing character in the sequel. He’s our Pinhead, our posterboy. But he needed to make sense within the story." Whereas the first film was about a parent searching for a daughter, the second film is about the daughter searching for her father. This impacted Red Pyramid's role in the film, who is seen as a symbol of the power of masculinity and how it can simultaneously protect and oppress. [130] [131] The second film expands Red Pyramid's role to be not just that of a former executioner, [132] but also as a monster created as a guardian to Alessa and her reincarnation, Heather. [133] After Silent Hill 2, Ito returned as a creature designer and art director for Silent Hill 3. The extensive work on the series made him exhausted. [24] Following the release of Silent Hill 4: The Room, he was asked to work on another Silent Hill game, but he turned it down because they wanted to include Pyramid Head under a different name and look, and because he had lost motivation to work on horror games. [25] A similar monster called the Butcher was ultimately featured in the prequel Silent Hill: Origins. A scrapped ending for the game had the protagonist Travis Grady going insane and becoming Pyramid Head. [26] In 2006, Pyramid Head was featured in the pitch for Broken Covenant from the same developer, which was rejected by Konami. [27] I was weak. That's why I needed you... needed someone to punish me for my sins... but that's all over now... I know the truth. Now it's time to end this.